kill
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"We never expected that a cell could just explode like a bomb and kill the cells surrounding it," said senior author Bo Wang, associate professor of bioengineering in the schools of Engineering and Medicine.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
"Some information has been released to the public but it's not adding up. Those elephants have to eat a huge amount to kill them."
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
All policy wonks worth their salt know there are a few ways to kill a government program.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Already, mosquito-borne diseases kill more than 1 million people and infect about 700 million worldwide each year.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
It was like nature itself was trying to kill them.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
The tech can be a game-changer for the socially awkward, but is also arguably a crutch that kills the possibility for memorable and unscripted moments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
If one of those changes allows a cell to survive a drug that kills other tumor cells, that resistant cell can continue multiplying.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
Washing or peeling can lessen the risk of infection, but cooking food to at least 158 degrees reliably kills Cyclospora.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
The existing 15-year baseline sentence will still apply in cases where a victim of domestic abuse kills their abuser, which the department said was an "important safeguard to further protect victims".
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Sometimes a wishing star turns out to be just a lump of rock that crashes into a planet and kills all the dinosaurs.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
A small group of cells suddenly burst open, released substances that killed nearby cells, and disappeared within five minutes.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
In the Himalayan territory of Jammu and Kashmir, at least 31 people been killed in several short bursts of extremely intense rainfall, according to a report by the public state broadcaster.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Only days later, Le Clos has revealed that a fire destroyed his home of more than a decade in Sea Point, Cape Town and killed one of his neighbours.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Sabrina Garibay, 44, confirmed to The Times on Monday evening that her daughter Ashley Garibay, an In-N-Out employee, was killed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Four thousand Americans and thirty thousand Filipinos were killed.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
The researchers then engineered the bean gum to contain protegrin, an antimicrobial peptide capable of killing harmful bacteria.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
A teenage boy in Malaysia is on trial for allegedly killing a female schoolmate, in a high-profile case that has sparked debate about the effects of social media on children.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
October 29: A 737 MAX 8 operated by Lion Air crashes shortly after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia, killing all 189 people on board.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
In June, a B-52 bomber jet crashed at Edwards Air Force Base, northeast of Los Angeles, killing eight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Cholera didn’t discriminate, killing adults and children in the south and the north.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
